Control of Viruses

Learning Objectives for "Control of Viruses"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1.* State why antibiotics are of no use against viruses and what we must rely on to control viruses.

2. State the viruses the following antiviral agents are used against:

a. amantadine, rimantidine, zanamivar, and oseltamivir
b. acyclovir, famciclovir, penciclovir, and valacyclovir
c. ribavirin
d. foscarnet, gancyclovir, cidofovir, valganciclovir, and fomivirsen
e. AZT (ZDV), didanosine, zalcitabine, stavudine, lamivudine, emtricitabine, tenofovir, and abacavir
f. nevirapine, delavirdine, and efavirenz
g. saquinavir, ritonavir, idinavir, nelfinavir, amprenavir, atazanavir, fosamprenavir, ritonavir.

3. Compare how the following drugs exhibit their antiviral action against HIV and give two examples of each.

a. nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
b. non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
c. protease inhibitors
d. entry inhibitors

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